Document Author: John Fawell MBE
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Drinking Water Standards and Guidelines (FR/G0004)
Standards and guidelines for drinking water are continuing to evolve as knowledge increases. Standards are important in providing a basis for judging the safety of water supplies but they are also important in ensuring the acceptability of drinking water, providing a benchmark for water treatment and in some cases a means of reassuring consumers. The…
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Standards for Recreational Water Quality (FR/G0005)
Although there have been microbiological standards for recreational waters for many years in both North America and Europe, these have not been soundly based and they lacked epidemiological evidence that could support the argument that they were health-evidence-based. In order to improve this situation, epidemiological studies were carried out in the UK to quantify the…
